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COMMENTARY: GRANDPARENTS ARE POWERFUL ALLIES IN PREVENTING Grandparents have a unique opportunity to approach the topic of drugs and alcohol with their grandchildren, in a way that is unlike parents who are the enforcers of discipline, says parenting expert Dr. SURVEY OF AMERICAN ATTITUDES ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE 2010 Knowledge Networks, an international online research organization, conducted a nationally representative, Internet-based survey of 1,055 teens, ages 12 to 17, and 456 parents of these teens. COSPONSOR THE OPIOID PATIENTS' RIGHT TO KNOW ACT Cosponsor the Opioid Patients' Right to Know Act. With opioid overdose deaths continuing to rise to unprecedented levels, prescription opioids continue to present a danger, with more than 153 million opioid prescriptions dispensed in 2019, almost one prescription for every two Americans. While most people who take prescription opioids will not develop addiction, patients and their families

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THE EMOTIONS I EXPERIENCED AS THE PARENT OF A CHILD WITH Ron Grover, Parent & Advocate. Ron Grover, 55, is the father of a 23-year-old son who was trapped in an active addiction for seven years. In July 2010 his son again sought recovery and to this day has been in recovery. Professionally, Ron is the Director of Human

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